Thrombolytic Therapy in a Patient With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Despite a Negative Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiogram
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Thrombolytic therapy in a patient with suspected pulmonary embolism despite a negative computed tomography pulmonary angiogram.
We report a case of a 62-year-old male who presented to our intensive care unit with hypoxemia 6 hours after retinal surgery. He had a negative computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiogram, but an emergency echocardiogram revealed the McConnell sign. He was thrombolysed and had rapid improvement in oxygenation and hemodynamics. Thrombolysis in hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism is not ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0020-1324,1943-3654
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.00738